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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will meet with Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Laszlo Baranyay on Monday, December 22. This was stated by the information and public liaisons department of the secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “During the meeting the sides will sign financial agreements...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has held a telephone conversation with Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, the press service of the head of state has reported. They discussed the economic situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment by the sides of the obligations under the IMF’s stand-by program....

U.S. President Barack Obama has approved an executive order “Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine.” The U.S. leader made a respective statement late on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Today, I issued an Executive Order taking further...

Canada is introducing additional economic sanctions against Russia, does not recognize the occupation of Crimea and will provide steadfast support for the Ukrainian people, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said. In particular, he announced additional economic sanctions and travel bans against 20 Russian and Ukrainian individuals, and new export...

Terrorists continued armed provocations in the anti-terrorist operation area in eastern Ukraine from 21.10 on Friday to 06.00 on Saturday, using small arms, grenade launchers and artillery, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported. In particular, last night, in the area of Olkhovatka in Donetsk region, illegal armed groups...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will return to Ukraine for further work in January 2015, according to a statement released by IMF Mission Chief for Ukraine Nikolay Gueorguiev following the mission’s work in December, Ukrinform reports. “Discussions will continue over the coming weeks, following the mission’s...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said he hopes that a meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the situation in Donbas will take place on Sunday, December 21. He said this at a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the presidential press service reported. Poroshenko said that he had high hopes for a real...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is in Kyiv on a working visit, the government portal has reported. “The prime minister discussed with the German representative the current financial and economic situation in Ukraine and prospects for the provision by the European...

A man who killed three police officers in Kyiv on December 18 has been detained. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote this on his Facebook page. “The killer, a drug dealer who committed the murder of three police officers yesterday, has been detained. He fired back during the arrest, but a ballistic shield used during the assault...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that a meeting between him and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko could take place on December 21. He told this to reporters in Minsk on Friday, RIA Novosti reported. “We are likely to meet with the Ukrainian president on Sunday. He called me yesterday and asked for holding a meeting and...